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单词 overestimate
释义
overestimate
verb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈres.tɪ.meɪt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈes.tə.meɪt/
[IorT]
toguessanamountthat is too high or asizethat is toobig:
I overestimated and there was a lot offoodleftover after theparty.我估计过头，结果聚会后剩了好多吃的。
Most of us overestimate how muchtimeandenergywe have.
According to thesurvey,agentsfrequentlyoverestimate thesizeofrooms.
Opposite
underestimate(AMOUNT)
Compare
overvalue
C1[T]
tothinkthat something isbetteror moreimportantthan it really is:
We cannot overestimatetheimportanceofthiswork.
Thebenefitsofnucleartechnology, she said, had beengrosslyoverestimated.她说，核技术的好处被大大高估了。
[T]
tothinkthat someone isstronger, or moreskilful,intelligent, ordeterminedthan they really are:
They wereforcedto theconclusionthat they had overestimated him.
Synonym
overrate
Opposite
underestimate(PERSON)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Guesses and assumptions
  • a shot in the darkidiom
  • approximation
  • assumption
  • bet
  • conjecture
  • counterfactual
  • educated guess
  • estimate
  • guess
  • misestimation
  • overestimation
  • preception
  • preconception
  • presumption
  • proposition
  • sneaking
  • speculation
  • speculatively
  • supposition
  • surmise
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overestimate
noun[C]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈres.tɪ.mət/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈes.tə.mət/
aguessthat is too high inamount:
Theshortfallwascausedby an overestimate ofrevenuelastyear.
Experts putremainingtigernumbersatsomewherebetween 5,000 and 7,000,althoughthis could be an overestimate.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Guesses and assumptions
  • a shot in the darkidiom
  • approximation
  • assumption
  • bet
  • conjecture
  • counterfactual
  • educated guess
  • estimate
  • guess
  • misestimation
  • overestimation
  • preception
  • preconception
  • presumption
  • proposition
  • sneaking
  • speculation
  • speculatively
  • supposition
  • surmise
See more results »
(Definition ofoverestimatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
overestimate
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈres.tɪ.meɪt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈes.tə.meɪt/
C1
tothinkthat something is or will begreater, moreextreme, or moreimportantthan it really is
过高估计；过高评价
Thebenefitsofnucleartechnology, she said, had beengrosslyoverestimated.她说，核技术的好处被大大高估了。
They wereforcedto theconclusionthat they had overestimated him/hisabilities.他们不得不得出结论：他们高估了他／他的能力。
I overestimated and there was a lot offoodleftover after theparty.我估计过头，结果聚会后剩了好多吃的。

overestimate| American Dictionary

overestimate
verb[I/T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈes·təˌmeɪt/
tothinkthat something is or will begreater, moreextreme, or moreimportantthan it really is:
[T]I’mafraidTheresa isforeveroverestimating herstrength.
(Definition ofoverestimatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

overestimate| Business English

overestimate
verb
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈrestɪmeɪt/us
[IorT]
tothinkthat something is or will begreateror moreimportantthan it really is:
grossly/wildly overestimateIthinkwe havegrosslyoverestimated thepaceofgrowth.
Mostpeopleoverestimate what they canachievein adayandunderestimatewhat they canachievein ayear.
Assessyourpotentialearningshonestly- don't overestimate.
[T]
tothinkthat someone isbetterat doing something, moreintelligent, etc. than they really are:
Ithoughtthey wouldpickit up veryquickly, but I overestimated them.

overestimation

noun[CorU]
Part of theproblemwasgrossoverestimation ofticketsales.
overestimate
noun[C]
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈrestɪmət/us
anopinionthat something islargeror moreimportantthan it really is:
Experts put thefigureat $6 million, though this may be an overestimate.

Compare

underestimate
(Definition ofoverestimatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverestimate

overestimate
The qualitative agreement seems satisfactory though the span of the rolling-grain region is theoretically overestimated.
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It seems that the international observers overestimated their role in reducing the violence.
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It is universally agreed that methodologically poor studies oftenoverestimatethe benefits of a therapy or the value of a diagnostic test.
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The public tend to be biased in ways that lead them tooverestimatethe severity of a loss of health in certain conditions.
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When a mechanical prosthesis is inserted, the size must not be overestimated, as this may lead to compression of the circumflex artery.
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Landscape-scale fires, however, do not have a scale bias as all samples and areas are compiled together, though it may stilloverestimatefire frequency.
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Although the model predicted low germination percentages at both incubation regimes, simulated data overestimated observed germination values.
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We chose this definition so as not tooverestimatethe specificity of the laboratory tests.
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For individuals aged over 55 years, the extent to which clustering overestimated recent transmission increased with the size of the time period used.
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This implies that by using fertiliser prices and instant adjustment, our model overestimates output over the first few years.
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Perhaps that's hugely overestimating the influence that the media has on youth, or, at least, overstating the longevity of any influence it may hold.
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Summing overestimates and averaging underestimates the number of different words produced.
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Similarly, it might be suggested that when a major scandal surfaces shortly before the time of the survey, respondents mayoverestimatecorruption.
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Such practices should be discouraged as they willoverestimatethe role of certain foods in disease.
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It is demonstrated that the assumption of rigid contact tends tooverestimatethe stability.
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